Twitter finally kills URL-shortening (almost)


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What does this mean for me?


There's no way to ready this besides "unless you are using antiquated technology like SMS, shortened links will be a thing of the past, finally". And thank god for that.


It seems like twitter is actually acknowledging that shortened URLs are stupid and are apologizing for being the number one reason you see them all over the internets.

Hopefully this means the end of shortened URLs and good times ahead.

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